Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-04-15
A BAD EXAMPLE.

fashioned ideas regarding the dis
honest accumulation of money, and
the taking of human life.
The sight of half a dozen leading
newspapers combining to condone
the crimes of murder, theft, forgery.
counterfeiting, perjury and swim
ding is not one calculated to IN
struct the rising generation.
In order to throw the shield Of
protection over one great criminal
the San Francisco press is obliged,
in order to he consistent, to cease
its pursuit of other criminals of
lesser degree. For months the pa
pers at the Bay teemed with scath-
ing editorials relative to the slow
movements of justice, told how the
murderers' row was filing up, and
read the officers of the law sound
sermons upon the laxity with
which the law was administered.
The bribery of juries was made a
special subject of editorial wrath,
and the idea that gold was being
used to obstruct the machinery of
justice caused the newspapers to
hint that ere long an outraged pub
lie would rise up and mete out
swift vengeance to the guilty.
There was no suppressing of facts
In the cases of any of the men.
Go!densen has sisters and mother,
and Craige, the mau charged with
jury bribing, has sisters whose
hearts have doubtless been torn as
much as any of the Kissane rela-
tives. Neither the press nor the
officers of the law considered these
things.
Why then should this 6end ks
sane, who blew a young boys
brains out at Rivas, Mexico, in the
Walker expedition. aud roasted six
teen men. women and children
alive in Ohio to get the insurance
of worthless cargo, be granted i'm
munity from justice, because, like
almost every body else, he has rela
tiveS?
One can easily. see how the pro-
prietor of a newspaper, who has
been for years or terms of friend
ship with some of Kissane's rrla-
tives, may refrain from giving these
unpleasant matters publicity, but
how such newspapers can grove! at
the feet Of such man and become
a public apologist for his crimes is
past all comprehension.
Better men than Klssane have
been lynched in California without
a voice raised in their behalf
While the attitude of the press
presents most sorry picture of
journalistic suhservlency, what can
be said in justification of the atti-
tude of De Witt Talnage rising in
the pulpit of New York to defend
him aud comparing him t. Jean
Vatican Of Les Mise,ables? Talmace
had better re-read the book. VAL
Jean made restitution for his one
act of petty theft committed under
the sharp spur of hunger; Kissanc
refuses to make restitution, and all
the bosh about his thirty-fve years
of blameless life is demolished.
when it has come to light that he
swindled Sacramento man out of
$4,000 only six years ago.
The old witnesses against ks
sane have one by one persisted by
the bullet or poison bowl, and only
a few days ago be was stalking the
streets of San Francisco threaten
ing to kill General Darr on sight.
Kissane is more like Louis Nv,
who repented of his robberles, but
when the priest suggested that he
make restitution, the old monarch
looked up and replied:
rs it not enough that repent?"
If Kissane does not pay the pen
atty of his crimes, the rising genera
ton will be taught the lesson that
crime that is successful is all right
There is another millionaire on
this Coast who is behind Kissane,
for he knows that his past crimes
will bring him to justice If Kissane
hangs. There are other wealthy
men behind these two, and if it
costs five million dollars to cheat
justice the money will be spent like
water.